What is the CVSS score of CVE-2015-7268?

CVE-2015-7268 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 4.2 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.1%.

850 Pro Firmware CVE-2015-7268

MEDIUM

7PK - Security Features (CWE-254)

2017-11-27 cret@cert.org

Lenovo Microsoft Samsung Dell Authentication Bypass 850 Pro Firmware Pm851 Firmware St500Lt015 Firmware St500Lt025 Firmware

4.2

CVSS 3.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

4.2 MEDIUM

AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Nov 27, 2017 - 22:29 cve.org

MEDIUM 4.2

DescriptionCVE.org

Samsung 850 Pro and PM851 solid-state drives and Seagate ST500LT015 and ST500LT025 hard disk drives, when used on Windows and operating in Opal mode on Lenovo ThinkPad T440s laptops with BIOS 2.32 or ThinkPad W541 laptops with BIOS 2.21, or in Opal or eDrive mode on Dell Latitude E6410 laptops with BIOS A16 or Latitude E6430 laptops with BIOS A16, allow physically proximate attackers to bypass self-encrypting drive (SED) protection by triggering a soft reset and booting from an alternative OS, aka a "Forced Restart Attack."

AnalysisAI

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-254. Samsung 850 Pro and PM851 solid-state drives and Seagate ST500LT015 and ST500LT025 hard disk drives, when used on Windows and operating in Opal mode on Lenovo ThinkPad T440s laptops with BIOS 2.32 or ThinkPad W541 laptops with BIOS 2.21, or in Opal or eDrive mode on Dell Latitude E6410 laptops with BIOS A16 or Latitude E6430 laptops with BIOS A16, allow physically proximate attackers to bypass self-encrypting drive (SED) protection by triggering a soft reset and booting from an alternative OS, aka a "Forced Restart Attack." Affected products include: Samsung 850 Pro Firmware, Samsung Pm851 Firmware, Seagate St500Lt015 Firmware, Seagate St500Lt025 Firmware.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.